When I click on a page in an empty space, curser goes to "select" mode, as if to edit text

When I have another window open for another application, and then I click on my browser window to search, go to bookmark, etc., wherever I click on the page (which is an empty space on the page, unless it is a border graphic), it automatically goes to the beginning of that line of text, as if in Notepad or Word, etc. It has never happened before, so I'm not sure if I have a setting that is off, an addon, or if it is something unnatural lol can anyone help?

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